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    Geocells are 3D honeycomb structures that provide confinement for infill materials like soil, sand, or gravel. They can be used for channel linings and bank protections in waterways. At the beginning of installation, geocells provide the lowest allowable water velocities and roughness based on the unvegetated or ungrown material. After 3 or more years of vegetation growth, geocells gain strength and can withstand higher velocities and loads. The document provides a table comparing the Manning's roughness coefficients and limiting velocities for different materials used in geocells and other bank protection methods like gabions and Reno mattresses.

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    Geocells are 3D honeycomb structures that provide confinement for infill materials like soil, sand, or gravel. They can be used for channel linings and bank protections in waterways. At the beginning of installation, geocells provide the lowest allowable water velocities and roughness based on the unvegetated or ungrown material. After 3 or more years of vegetation growth, geocells gain strength and can withstand higher velocities and loads. The document provides a table comparing the Manning's roughness coefficients and limiting velocities for different materials used in geocells and other bank protection methods like gabions and Reno mattresses.

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    Geocells are 3D honeycomb structures that provide confinement for infill materials like soil, sand, or gravel. They can be used for channel linings and bank protections in waterways. At the beginning of installation, geocells provide the lowest allowable water velocities and roughness based on the unvegetated or ungrown material. After 3 or more years of vegetation growth, geocells gain strength and can withstand higher velocities and loads. The document provides a table comparing the Manning's roughness coefficients and limiting velocities for different materials used in geocells and other bank protection methods like gabions and Reno mattresses.

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    COMPARISON NOTE

    Ref: INT / CN-DT-006 - Rev. 00, December 2018

    GEOCELLS vs. MATTRESSES IN HYDRAULIC APPLICATIONS

    1. INTRODUCTION
    Geocells are 3-D honeycomb structures
    featuring a unique confinement system formed
    by a series of self-containing cells. Depending on
    the infill material, geocells are applied for
    channel linings and bank protections in a wide
    range of hydraulic loadings (in terms of water
    velocities or shear stresses): suppliers claim that
    the geocells can withstand very high loads,
    however the designer must consider the real
    behavior of the system which is strongly
    dependent on the actual vegetation growth

    2. BASIC HYDRAULIC CONCEPTS


    The basic theory behind the function of geocells is that cohesionless materials gain considerable shear
    strength under sufficient confinement, however the hydraulic design engineer shall always refer to 2
    different situations:

    · END OF INSTALLATION: the material or technique used as a bank protection system presents the
    lowest allowable water velocity (or tractive forces) and Manning’ roughness value

    · VEGETATION COMPLETELY GROWN: after some years (usually a minimum 3-year period is
    required after the end of installation) the vegetation growth consolidates the system which increases
    its resistance to erosion and its roughness coefficient. The situation with vegetation completely grown
    becomes the most critical in terms of capability of the river cross-section to contain the design flow.

    MANNING'S LIMITING
    MATERIAL
    COEFFICIENT n VELOCITY (m/s)
    Geocells filled with unvegetated topsoil 0,017 0,9
    Geocells filled with vegetated topsoil 0,024 1,5
    Geocells filled with course sand 0,02 1,8
    Geocells filled with gravel 0,022 2,7
    Geocells filled with concrete 0,013 4,6
    Gabions 0.50 m (d50=210 mm) 0,0301 7.6
    Reno mattress 0.30 m (d50=150 mm) 0,0277 6,4
    Reno mattress 0.23 m (d50=120 mm) 0,0277 5.5
    Reno mattress 0.17 m (d50=100 mm) 0,0277 4,2
    Table 1 – Limit velocity design values for geocells and gabions [2, 3]

    REFERENCES
    [1] Geoweb system brochure
    [2] K. Pilarczyk (2000) - Geosynthetics and geosystems in hydraulic and coastal engineering; Balkema, Rotterdam
    [3] Macra Studio Software - Reference Manual, Maccaferri

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